Seine-puller machine.



E. BERGMAN.

SEINE PULLER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14, 19M.

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ERICK IBERGMAN, or wAYsInE', MIss'rssrrrI.

' SEINE-PULLER MACHINE.

Application filed December 14, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERICK BERGMAN, a citizen and resident of the UnitedStates, residing at Wayside, in the county of VVashington and State ofMississippi, have 1nvented a new and useful Seine-Puller Machine, ofwhich the following is the specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for hauling seines from the water,and its object is to provide a simple and eflicient apparatus of thiskind, and one which can be easily controlled.

The above stated object is attained by means of a novel combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and inorder that the invention may he better understood, reference is had tothe accompanying drawing in which- Figure l is a side elevation of theapparatus, partly broken away; Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, andFig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a drive shaft supportedby hearing stands 6 and provided with a pulley 7 belted to a suitablesource of power, which latter need not be shown or described as it formsno part of the present invention. In alinement with the shaft 5, andconnected thereto by a suitable clutch S, is a shaft 9 supported byhearing stands 10. I

On the shaft 9 is fast a gear wheel 11 which is in mesh with gear wheels12 and 13, located on opposite sides of the gear wheel 11. The shafts ofthe gear wheels 12 and 18 are indicated at 14 and 15, respectively, saidshafts being supported-by the stands 10.

Below the shafts 14 and 15, the stands 10 support shafts 16 and 17,located respectively on opposite sides of the shaft 9. On the shafts 9,16 and 17 are fast sprocket wheels which are connected by a chain 18.These sprocket wheels are indicated at 19, 20 and 21, respectively.

Mounted on the shafts 9, 14, 15, 16 and 17, to turn therewith, arespools 22 for pulling the seine, the latter passing between the spoolsas shown dotted in Fig. 2. Between Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 877,166.

the inner ends of the spools and the sprocket Wheels 19, 20 and 21 is aguard plate 23 to prevent the seine catching on said sprocket Wheels oron the chain 18. The peripheries of the spools are grooved to obtain abetter hold on the seine.

In operation, the hauling end of the seine is carried behind the spoolon the shaft 17, then upward over the spool on the shaft 15, then downunder the spool on the shaft 9, then upward and over the spool of theshaft 14, and finally downward and under the spool of the shaft 16. Bypassingthe seine around the spools in this manner and loeating thespools in different planes as shown, the seine is firmly gripped, andupon turning the spools in the proper direction the seine is hauled. Thespools are turned in this direction through the hereinbefore describedgearing between the shaft 9 and the spool shafts, the shaft 9 beingdriven by the shaft 5 when the clutch 8 is thrown in. The hauling isstopped by throwing the clutch to disconnect the shafts 9 and 5, and theoperation of the apparatus is therefore readily controlled.

On the shafts 14: and 15 are grooved pulleys 2 1, the same being fast onthe shafts. The spools of these shafts are made fast to the pulleys bybolts 25. In a like manner, the spools of the shafts 9, 16 and 17 aremade fast to the sprocket wheels 19, 20 and 21. It will be understood,of course, that any other means may be provided for mounting the spoolsso that they turn with the respective shafts. The pulleys 24: also serveas guards for the chain 18 to prevent the same from jumping the sprocketwheels, they being located on opposite sides of the center sprocketwheel 19, close to the upper run of the chain. The plate 23 has openings26 to accommodate the bolts 2:).

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will beevident that various changes in the structural details may be madewithout a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention asclaimed hereinafter.

I claim An apparatus for hauling seines, comprising a series of Windingspools consisting of sprocket Wheels, and a driving means cona centerspool and top and bottom spools on nected to the shaft of the centerspool. each side thereof, shafts carrying the spools,

intermeshing gears on the shafts of the cen- ERICK BERGMAN' ter and thetop spools, sprocket Wheels on Witnesses:

the shafts of the center and the bottom LAMAR VATSON,

spools, a drive chain passing over said J. B. COLEMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

